Speaking at SQLSaturday Rheinland, Germany 2015
It is always a very special moment whenever you receive a notification of being selected to present at any event....
2015-05-22
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Niko's blog
Delivering a precon on Columnstore Indexes at SQLSaturday Cambridge
I am extremely happy to share that I shall be delivering a workshop at the amazing SQLSaturday Cambridge on 10th...
2015-05-12
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 52 (“What’s new for Columnstore XE in SQL Server 2014 SP1”)
Continuation from the previous 51 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
Microsoft has launched Service Pack 1 for...
2015-04-28
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Speaking at NT Conference 2015 in Slovenia
It is always feels like a great honour to be invited to speak at a big conference, but when this...
2015-04-26
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SQLPort in Coimbra
One more project can be finally revealed – on the 5th of May of 2015, SQLPort is invading the home base...
2015-04-24
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 51 (“SSIS, DataFlow & Max Buffer Memory”)
Continuation from the previous 50 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
This post is dedicated to usage of...
2015-04-19
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MVP Showcase Portugal 2015
É com uma enorme felicidade e orgulho que gostava de partilhar a notícia sobre a criação de um evento Português...
2015-04-06
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 50 (“Columnstore IO”)
Continuation from the previous 49 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
This blogpost is focused on the reading part of the IO subsystem...
2015-04-04
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SQLPort – 5 Years
On 21st of April 2015, SQLPort is preparing a very special event. The reason for this is that on 21st...
2015-03-30
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Azure SQLDatabase v12 Premium Editions and Available Cores
A couple of days ago, during the great SQL Unplugged live show, I have asked a couple of questions the...
2015-03-19
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